@BeachThunder: To be completely honest, it's not my favorite soundtrack of 2012. But it's one of the most evenly-spread soundtracks in 2012, enough so that I feel like there are multiple options for this poll. (Though I'm totally with you that it's Hydrogen.)

I liked Dustforce's soundtrack well enough, but I still preferred Spelunky, Fez, Journey, and Rhythm Heaven Fever to both of those soundtracks, and I preferred FTL, Skullgirls, and P4A as well. Was a damn great year for soundtracks.

Crystals, with Hydrogen and Silver Light as a close second. Hydrogen has that great bass line and Silver Light just sounds so damn nasty that it makes my skin crawl. Crystals though has that nice mellow build-up that you just kind of go cross-eyed and start smashing in faces in a weird zen-like trance.

@BeachThunder: Dustforce is one of the only 3 video game soundtracks I listen to outside the game consistently, with the other two being Shank and Hotline Miami. Great one to just sit back and relax to, also incredibly underrated game.

I don't want to be the guy that goes into a thread and starts talking about an unrelated game, but Dustforce's soundtrack is ultra-underrated D: Jus' sayin'

I think the issue is that a lot of people got turned off by Dustforce's absurd difficulty well before hearing all of its superb soundtrack. The fact that you have to mash the dash button like crazy (even for things as simple as falling) instead of there being a simple Mario/Super Meat Boy run button made that game feel like a chore to play for me. I came away really liking the serenity of Dustforce's graphics and music, while being very frustrated by its controls. If it were a completely different game closer to something like Braid or Limbo, I probably would've liked it a lot more.

I do like Silver Lights but I wish that bass line was on a different, more up tempo song.

Hmm, I don't think it would have the same impact. I think as it is, it's good that it stands out on the soundtrack. A lot of the other songs are brilliant and make you feel psychotic in a, I am awesome and I can do this, sort of way. Silver Lights makes you feel psychotic but you feel like a real piece of shit while listening to it, really makes you feel like a serial killer. I can understand why that might not appeal to everyone!

I do like Silver Lights but I wish that bass line was on a different, more up tempo song.

Hmm, I don't think it would have the same impact. I think as it is, it's good that it stands out on the soundtrack. A lot of the other songs are brilliant and make you feel psychotic in a, I am awesome and I can do this, sort of way. Silver Lights makes you feel psychotic but you feel like a real piece of shit while listening to it, really makes you feel like a serial killer. I can understand why that might not appeal to everyone!

It's a great song, I just hear that bassline and think it's the beginning of a Hydrogen-esque song or a Wu-Tang track.